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Therapeutic efficacy of Albendazole and Mefloquine alone or in combination against early and late stages of Trichinella spiralis infection in mice Cover

Therapeutic efficacy of Albendazole and Mefloquine alone or in combination against early and late stages of Trichinella spiralis infection in mice

By: A. M. Fahmy and  T. M. Diab  
Open Access
|Jun 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2021-0016 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
Language: English
Page range: 179 - 187
Submitted on: Nov 10, 2020
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